Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM TechNews
Scientists Create 3D-Printed Buildings From Soil
Texas A&M University researchers have come up with a technique for using a three-dimensional printer to build greener buildings from soil.
From Communications of the ACM
It's Alive!
Scientists and engineers cross the reality gap, transferring simulated evolution into real machines.
From Communications of the ACM
AI on Edge
Shifting artificial intelligence to the "edge" of the network could transform computing . . . and everyday life.
From ACM News
Facebook AI, NYU Langone Create Accurate MRIs with Less Time and Data
Researchers at Facebook Inc. and NYU Langone Health say that a two-year experiment demonstrates how artificial intelligence can produce a fourfold increase in the...
From ACM TechNews
Hotel Robots Get Second Life as Industry Adapts to Covid-19
Robots could limit how much extra labor U.S. hotels must hire to meet sanitation demands during the global pandemic.
From ACM TechNews
NSA, FBI Expose Russian Intelligence Hacking Tool
The U.S. National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation have publicly exposed a sophisicated hacking tool that Russian intelligence used to penetrate...
From ACM TechNews
Tech Firms Broaden Group to Secure U.S. Election
Facebook, Google, and other major technology firms Wednesday announced an expansion of their coalition to secure the November U.S. presidential election, and met...
From ACM TechNews
As E-Commerce Booms, Robots Pick Up Human Slack
Robots increasingly are filling some of the most common job roles in warehousing and logistics due to the explosion of e-commerce, Covid-19 stay-at-home orders,...
From ACM TechNews
Yale Quantum Researchers Create Error-Correcting Cat
A new device integrates the “Schrodinger's cat” concept of superposition—a physical system in two states simultaneously—with the ability to correct some of the...
From ACM TechNews
Hackers Say 'Jackpotting' Flaws Tricked Popular ATMs Into Spitting Out Cash
Security researchers unveiled two new "jackpotting" flaws that force Nautilus ATMs to dispense cash on command.
From ACM News
Amazon’s Cloud Unit to Offer Quantum Computing From 3 Tech Companies
Fidelity Investments was among the companies involved in testing the new service, which will allow businesses to experiment with the super-fast computing.
From ACM TechNews
Quantum Version of the Ancient Game of Go Could Be Ultimate AI Test
Researchers have created a more complex version of the ancient Chinese board game Go using quantum entanglement.
From ACM News
Picking Locks with Audio Technology
How eavesdropping smartphones could give thieves a copy of your front door key.
From ACM TechNews
Quantum Computing Breakthrough as Scientists Find Possible Solution to Technology's Biggest Hurdle
Research by scientists in Australia and Canada has led to a possible solution to controlling "noise" in quantum computers, errors introduced by manipulation of...
From ACM News
Finding Common Ground
Self-driving vehicles start to understand pedestrians, cyclists.
From ACM TechNews
3D Images From Ultrasounds Allow Blind Parents to Feel Their Infant's Face
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore can provide blind parents with three-dimensional models of their baby's face so they can "see" them before they are born,
From ACM TechNews
U.K. Court Says Face Recognition Violates Human Rights
The U.K. Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that British police's use of facial recognition technology violates human rights and data protection laws.
From ACM TechNews
Quantum Machines Learn 'Quantum Data'
Scientists at Russia's Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology have demonstrated that quantum-enhanced machine learning can be applied to quantum data, surmounting...
From ACM TechNews
'Giant Atoms' Enable Quantum Processing, Communication in One
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have unveiled a quantum computing architecture that performs low-error computations while rapidly sharing quantum...
From ACM TechNews